Did that, didn't work. The report itself shows 0.00 not '*********'. I found the '*******' in the text property by placing Messagebox()s in the method.

>Hi Richard.
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>>It looks for the '**-DIRECTIVE-NEGATIVE' in the user field for the element to apply some custom formatting. However, what it puts out is simply 0.00. I have been able to determine that somehow '**********' is being placed in the toObjProperties.Text property. But when I look at the table itself, it shows proper data. What am I missing?
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>**** in a report means the textbox on the report isn't wide enough for the data in the field. Make the textbox larger.
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>Doug